I think every country I visit becomes my favourite—and Madagascar’s no exception. We arrived and checked in just over a week ago. An...

looking over the 14th century medina at dusk  From the perspective of dealing with officials, Comoros has been challenging. There a...

Behan gets her wiggle on with the local ladies I felt her hands on my waist before I saw her. Plump and smiling and wrapped in a re...

The best part of a hard passage is the last few miles; after you sight land and, if you're lucky, the wind and seas drop to the point wh...

Of all the sounds that have filled my ears on this 800 miles from the Seychelles to Comoros I never heard the noise when a big wave washed o...

Every so often I get a letter in my inbox asking about Charlie the cat. Usually people want to know if he’s still with us (yes!), wha...

We have been anchored in the beautiful bay of Beau Vallon, enjoying the mountains ashore, the lovely beaches and the cool trade winds b...

Evan has had a sore tooth since just south of Male in the Maldives, Charlie the cat began running low on kitty litter one week in to...

Incompetence isn’t a quality I appreciate in most people, but thankfully the thief who boarded our boat last night might want to con...